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Race report 15 March 2023

From PRO, David HuberThe day started in a breeze of between eight and 10 knots and slowly increased over the afternoon. Six races were run on a windward leeward course of approximately 250 m. The course was laid on the southern point of Point Piper. The intention was to lay it further out however, there was competition with the 18s and four fleets from the Yacht Squadron. The races were run with the standards and radials starting together. There were approximately 18 boats. The standards were dominated by Otto and Xander with the radial results being shared across four boats.With thanks to Tim Heath, Campbell, Patton, Jim Dounis, and David Huber for setting and running the afternoon sailing. They were perhaps responsible for the gorgeous weather as well.Results are available in the Sailor app and online.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here (highly recommended).

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One for the splicing nerds, by Luke Parker

Your correspondent has considered himself a “functional” rope splicer for some time. My splices look crappy but hold ok. The issue is the bumpy splices cause unwanted snagging at the most inopportune moments.So, with this background, I was completely humbled this week on the deck by a jaw dropping display of quality splicing from both Steve London and Tim Heath. Smooth, tapered, tidy and quick.  Seriously great splices that don’t snag.  What’s more, Steve and Tim were extremely generous with quality advice and assistance. Craig Shears is also very skilled in the dark art of splicing. This week’s tip is if you’re about to embark on some splicing, grab one of the above and prepare to be schooled. It will be both informative and productive.

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This weekend – ILCA Metropolitan Championship

DBSC is hosting the 2023 ILCA NSW & ACT Metropolitan Championships this weekend! If you are not intending to sail but would like to assist with on-water support over the weekend, please send an email to rodbarnes@dbsc.com.au.

ENTRIESEnter online or at the club until 11:30am on Saturday 25th March. You must be entered to race!There will be an option to sign on/off via SMS so that sailors who have pre-entered online can deploy from other harbour clubs for the event.

Sailing Instructions are here.

SCHEDULESaturday 25th March09.30 – Registration11.30 – Briefing13.30 – First warning signalSubsequent starts shall be made ASAP after the preceding race.Drinks & BBQ on the deck after racing.Sunday 26th MarchBreakfast available Sunday morning12.00 – First warning signalSubsequent starts shall be made ASAP after the preceding race.No warning signal

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Farewell Coté and José

This week we farewell our resident Chileans Coté and José, who return to home for several months before heading to London to further their studies. We have loved having both of them in our sailing community and our twilight and Saturday fleets.

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We wish them all the best and hope to see them return to the club in the

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Race report 22 March 2023

Races 11 and 12 of the Autumn Pointscore were sailed on Saturday with a fleet of roughly 15 boats in each of the ILCA6 and ILCA7 divisions.With a run in tide, and a building North-Easter, all 4 races were started very cleanly and very punctually at 1400 and 1500 respectively. The first race was sailed in about 12-14 knots with the second race seeing 18 knots with gusts of 22 knots.Regardless of the idyllic autumnal conditions, the race committee of Nick Pellow (PRO),

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Rules clinic

As part of our commitment to better and fairer racing, we are holding two training clinics on the Racing Rules of Sailing.Sessions will be held at DBSC on Monday 20th March from 6:00pm – 7:30pm   and   on Monday 3rd April from 7:00pm – 8:30pm.         Each session has identical content and will be run by Erica Kirby, national umpire and judge.All members are encouraged to attend.Register your attendance here: https://www.dbsc.com.au/club-events/2023-3-rules-clinic

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International Women's Day

Today we celebrate International Women’s Day and this year’s theme is Embrace Equity – Why equal opportunities aren’t enough. It is important to know the difference between Equality and Equity. Equality means each individual or group of people is given the same resources or opportunities. Equity recognizes that each person has different circumstances, and allocates the exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome. Read more about it here.

At DBSC, we strive to #EmbraceEquity by providing training and events for our female members and the wider sailing community so that they can access more opportunities to improve outside of regular racing. We’re not quite there yet, but talking about it is a great start.

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